Gun-mounting.



E. SCHNEIDER.

GUN MOUNTING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR,26,1914,

1, 1 20,247. Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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E. SCHNEIDER.

GUN MOUNTING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.26,1914.

1,120,247, Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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E. SCHNEIDER.

GUN MOUNTING APPLICATION FILED MAR, 26, 1914 Patented Dec. 8, 1914 5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

E. SCHNEIDER.

GUN MOUNTING.

APPLIUATION FILED MAR. 26, 1914.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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E. SCHNEIDER.

GUN MOUNTING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26. 1914.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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UNITED STAGES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE SCHNEIDER, OF LE CREUZOT, FRANCE.

GUN-MOUNTING.

Application filed March as, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE SoHNEmriR, of Le Creuzot, France, have invented a new and useful Improvement in or .Relating to Gun-Mountings, which is fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to gun mountings that are employed on submersible or other vessels. structed and arranged in such a manner that the mounting and the gun as a whole can be lowered into a compartment provided for that purpose between the deck and the hull. These known arrangements have numerous defects. For example the compartment formed between the deck and the hull can not in practice be kept watertight and if it be desired to avoid any projections above the deck the said compartment can only be of limited dimensions and only guns of small caliber and mountings of small height can be employed. The present invention enables these defects to be remedied and also possesses other advantages hereinafter indicated.

My improved device enables the gun and the mounting as a whole to be caused todisappear completely inside the inner hull of the vessel in such a manner that when in this position the gun mounting does not constitute an impediment to the crew. For this purpose the improved device comprises, according to my invention a guide system for a tubular gun carriage support or carrier this guide being characterized by the fact that it is divided into fixed elements arranged in "a hatchway of the submersible vessel, and into movable elements, arranged in the hull and adapted to be brought, when desired, in line with the fixed elements or stowed away in a raised position toward the top of the hull. The fixed elements .of. the guide support the gun carriage support when it is in the firing position. The movable elements when arranged in line beneath the fixed elements, enable the mounting and the gun to be lowered vertically into the interior of the vessel; they can then be raised together with the mounting into the stowed away position which is horizontal or slightly inclined so as to render the interior of the vessel free from obstruction. Fixed guide elements can also be arranged inside the bull in line with the movable elements when the latter occupy the raised position.

In order that the said invention may be Specification of Letters Patent.

Such mountings have been con-- Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Serial No. 827,465.

clearly understood'and readily carried into effect the same will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying stowed position and in broken lines the gunand its mounting in an intermediate position that is to say lowered vertically upon the fixed guides and upon the movable guides arranged in line beneath the latter. Fig. 4 1s a sectional plan on the line A-A of Fig. 1. In Figs. '1 to 4 the fixed guides are shown as being arranged in a specially constructed hatch-way. Figs. 5 and 6 are views similar to Figs. 1 and 3 respectively showing the fixed guides in the usual hatchway of a vessel.

The gun and mounting which may be of any known construction, in the example illustrated comprise a carriage a provided with a central pivot 12 carried in a bearing 0 formedin a tubular gun carriage support d.

In Figs. 1 to 4 a special hatchway c is I provided, which constitutes a kind of cylindrical barrel opening at its lower end into the watertight hull. f and at its upper end beneath the deck 9. In this hatchway the fixed vertical element-s h of a guide are provided for cooperating with two longitudinal ribs d projecting externally from the tubular gun carriage support d. At the lower extremity of the fixed uides or slideways l1, movable guides or slideways are hinged by means of hinges i; when desired the slideways 7' can be locked in the horizontal position indicated in full lines in Figs. 1 to 3, or brought into the vertical position in line beneath the fixed slideways h, as indicated by broken lines in Figs. 1 and 3. In this latter position each of the movable slideways can be looked-t0 the corresponding fixed slideway by a detachable in In carried by one of them and which'engages in lugs. m, n carried by the slideways it and respectively, the holes in which then regmeans ofwhich the said slideways are connected. In the firing position (Figs. 1 and 2) the gun carriage support d is maintained upon the fixed slideway h by spring bolts 0, movable in a casing p fixed beneath the tube dandengaging in recesses q in the-said slideways. These bolts. can be drawn aside simultaneously by means of a lever 1- and connecting rods 8. After the shoulder piece a has been attached the gun is caused to assume the vertical position indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1. The operation of causing the gun and the mounting to move downward is' then efieoted entirely from the interior of the submersible vessel. A cable u o erated by a winch can be attached by its ree extremity to a lug (P on the support d this cable being carried over guide pulleys -'v, w. For operating the movable slideways .the'same cable u can be passed over a guide pulle w carried by the hull and be attached to a ugj pro'ecting from one of the said slideways 7'. llVhen the slideways j have been caused to assume the vertical position, in line beneath the. fixedgslideways it they are locked by means ofa pinJc. The cable u is then detached from the lug y" and connected at d, after passing it over the pulleys o and w. Thebolts 0 are released by means of the lever r and the supportand the gun are, allowed to descend into the position indicated in broken lines in Fig. 3, the carriage support striking against the stay jfi'at this moment thebolts o engage 'automaticallyin'the recesses, 1" formed at the lower part of the slideways 7', thereby lockin the carriage support upon the lab ter. he pin is is disengaged'and the'cable ,u is disengaged from d? and reengagedwith j. By operatin'g the winch in: the proper direction the movable slideways j and the carriage suplport d locked thereon are raised and caused to occupy, the position indicated in Fig. 3 in which it is secured by means of the hook f".

In the exampie shown in Figs. 5 and 6 fixed slideway's are'provided in line with the movahlqslidgways 7' when the latter are in the raised position. This renders it possible to bring the carriage support and the gun into position on the said prolongations y (Fig. 6) in order to free the hatch completely.. The lower stay j -which connects the movable slideways j is made circular in order to enable the carriage support to pass over the fixed extensions y, the movable slideways having been first of-all locked by supporting bolts 2. This modification possesses the advantage of not necessitating a special hatchway- While at the same time leaving a free passage in the usual hatchway that is suflicient to enable the ammunition to be'rapidly and conveniently supplied to the gun. The special hatchway and the usual hatchway can be closed by a cap or door of usual construction.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letlower part of the guide and to be raised 'into a horizontal or other appropriate posi- In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EUGENE SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. P. PRESSLY, Ronnn'r DE SERELINGEN.

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